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Liebermann, Max

(Encyclopedia)Liebermann, Max mäks lēˈbərmänˌ [key], 1847–1935, German genre painter and etcher. He went to Paris in 1873, where he was impressed by the Barbizon school of painters. In Holland he was influe...

Slevogt, Max

(Encyclopedia)Slevogt, Max mäks slāˈfôkht [key], 1868–1932, German painter. Slevogt, together with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, was among the principal exponents of German impressionism and was influence...

Corinth, Lovis

(Encyclopedia)Corinth, Lovis lōˈvēs kôˈrĭnt [key], 1858–1925, German painter and graphic artist. He studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin secession group (see secession, in art), and later succeede...

Max, Gabriel

(Encyclopedia)Max, Gabriel gäˈbrēĕl mäks [key], 1840–1915, German painter and illustrator, b. Prague; son and pupil of the sculptor Josef Max (1803–54). A student of psychology and anthropology, Gabriel Ma...

Max, Peter

(Encyclopedia)Max, Peter, 1937–, American artist, b. Berlin. Max is noted for his undulating graphic designs in bright, vibrating colors. His style has influenced much commercial art. It is reminiscent of art nou...

Klinger, Max

(Encyclopedia)Klinger, Max klĭngˈər [key], 1857–1920, German painter, sculptor, and etcher. Before 1886 he produced cycles of original and somewhat morbidly imaginative etchings, such as Deliverances of Sacri...

Aub, Max

(Encyclopedia)Aub, Max mäks oup [key], 1903–72, Spanish author, b. Paris. He was educated in Spain where he lived until 1942, when he emigrated to Mexico. His style combines realism with fantasy. He used the Spa...

Müller, Max

(Encyclopedia)Müller, Max (Friedrich Maximilian Müller, Friedrich Max Müller, or Friedrich Max-Müller) ;frēˈdrĭkh mäkˌsēmēlˈyän [key], 1823–1900, German philologist and Orientalist, b. Dessau; son of...

Horkheimer, Max

(Encyclopedia)Horkheimer, Max hôrkˈhīˌmər, hôrˈkīˌ– [key], 1895–1973, German philosopher and sociologist. As director (1930–58) of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, he played an importa...

Abramovitz, Max

(Encyclopedia)Abramovitz, Max: see Harrison, Wallace Kirkman. ...

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